POCATELLO, Idaho— Idaho women's tennis posts second straight conference win over Idaho State Saturday afternoon by the score of 6-1 at Reed Gym.
The Vandals jumped on the board early taking the doubles point and earning a 1-0 lead heading into singles action. Although
Marta Magalhães and
Shion Watabe fell first in doubles No. 3, doubles 1 and 2 carried the Vandals with a 6-3 and 6-4 victory, respectively.
Idaho kept rolling in the singles round where all courts except for court four posted wins for the Vandals.
Marianna Petrei at singles No. 1 grabbed the first conquest as she shutout ISU in straight sets.
Laura Spataro followed doing the same with a score of 6-1 in both games.
Maria Tavares bested the Bengals on court two as her win put the Vandals up 4-0 on the match. Idaho State's only win came at singles No. 4 where Alexandra Arkhipov of ISU downed
Anna Stefani in closer three-setter.
The last two points came from Idaho at singles No. 5 and 6.
Magalhães took down Megan Poe 6-4, 6-2. Securing the match,
Watabe grabbed the last point over ISU is a thriller that went to three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 10-5.
Idaho 6, Idaho State 1
Singles competition (1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5)
- PETREI, Marianna (IDAHO) def. CVETKOVIC, Hristina (ISU) 6-1, 6-1
- TAVARES, Maria (IDAHO) def. BOTES, Louise-Mare (ISU) 6-2, 6-4
- SPATARO, Laura (IDAHO) def. COBURN, Melissa (ISU) 6-1, 6-1
- ARKHIPOV, Alexandra (ISU) def. STEFANI, Anna (IDAHO) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-6
- WATABE, Shion (IDAHO) def. WALKER, Angela (ISU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
- MAGALHÃES, Marta (IDAHO) def. POE, Megan (ISU) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition (3, 1, 2)
- PETREI, Marianna/TAVARES, Maria (IDAHO) def. CVETKOVIC, Hristina/POE, Megan (ISU) 6-3
- SPATARO, Laura/STEFANI, Anna (IDAHO) def. BOTES, Louise-Mare/ARKHIPOV, Alexandra (ISU) 6-4
- FENSKE, Madison/COBURN, Melissa (ISU) def. WATABE, Shion/MAGALHÃES, Marta (IDAHO) 6-0
Match Notes:
Idaho 2-3, 2-0 BSC
Idaho State 3-4, 0-1 BSC
UP NEXT:
The Vandals travel to Weber State for a 8 a.m (PT) match up with the Wildcats.